How to Conduct a House Demolition Work?

You may require house demolition or residential property demolition for reconstruction or for the extension of your existing property. In that case, you need to obey some legal norms as per the government's recommendation. Almost all the major cities have implemented their own demolition rules for the residential and commercial property. If you intend to reconstruct your home, then you may need some registration or permission from the applicant authority of the city. In case of disobeying the property demolition rules, the local police of the area may put a halt to the work and can charge the property owner for a spot fine.

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Apart from that, demolition and reconstruction need some structural designs and special engineers must be hired in this regards. It is better to consult some reputed demolition services, and they will conduct your work and will prepare your documentation also. Along with that, these demolition services also offer the rust removal facility and they also provide services for cleaning the concerned area after house demolition. Afterwards, you can start your new venture on this vacant property without any further legal restrictions.

Legal norms for house demolition

During demolition, no cultural and heritage pieces shall be affected and you need to preserve the heritage building / part / furniture / paint / sculpture as per the government norms.

• Sites which are enlisted as a heritage building or cultural assets of the city are strictly prohibited for alterations and demolitions. If your property falls into this list, then you must not give a thought to attempting the demolition work on this property. Traditional buildings which are registered as boarding houses also needs special permission for the same.

• If your house does not come under heritage building or cultural assets, you are free to conduct the demolition work without any additional permission. If your property or any part of the house has been registered as a commercial place, then you need to ask for the government's permission for the demolition. 

• During the demolition work, you must ensure a peaceful atmosphere for your neighbors. Also, if any damage occurs to others property because of the demolition, then you are liable to pay a penalty or you must ensure them to get the damaged area repaired as soon as possible.

• Check the insurance papers of the labors for verifying the registration license of the contractor before the commencement of the job. During the ongoing process of the house demolition work, if any labor gets injured then the insurance company must compensate accordingly.

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Minor house demolition work for alteration and house extension purposes

• Now it is very difficult to accommodate large families within a one storey building and you may need to relocate or can extend your house if needed. In this regards, you can easily demolish any wall, roof, extend your property and design an additional or adjoining building, enclosing verandah, install a shed or a patio, and demolish your window, doors or some other minor parts of your house without any prior permission.

• Minor changes and demolition of some part of the house or minor residential building demolition do not require any government permission and you do not need to submit your floor plan to the government.

• But if you demolish your property and you intend to extend your building which can get extended to other’s property, then you need to make an additional building plan and get it approved by the authority.

To procure the demolishing work on your residential property, you may need some heritage exception certificate which must state that your property is not a heritage building, and your property does not have any ancient or heritage article.